Albany Int’l makes CFO appointment permanent

John B. Cozzolino, who has been serving as acting chief financial officer at Albany International Corp. since Sept. 23, 2010, has been named chief financial officer as well as treasurer, the company, now based in Rochester, N.H., announced Wednesday.

Cozzolino has also served as vice president-corporate treasurer and strategic planning, since February 2009. Before that he served for two years as vice president-strategic planning. Before joining Albany International in 1994, Cozzolino, a certified public accountant, spent five years with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Albany International last year moved its headquarters from Albany to New Hampshire, although it maintains some operations in the Capital Region. It describes its businesses as “global advanced textiles and materials processing,” and its core business is the production of fabrics and belts used in paper and paperboard production.